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- RICHARD TATTERSHALL, OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN..

Letters Patent-No. 102,182, dated April 19, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and' making part I thelame.

.io all whom -t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD TATTERSHALL, of Beloit, in the county ofRockand Stateof Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBed- Bottoms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full andcorrect description of the same, sufi cient to enable others skilled inthe class to which my invention appertains to fully understand andconstruct the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawingswhich make parti of this specication, and in which- Figure 1 representsa perspective view of my invention;

Figure 2 is a detached -view of one end ol' one of the slats;

Figure 3is a longitudinal central vertical section of tig. 1; and AFigure 4 is Aa detached View of one of the springhooks which support theslats.

Like letters ot' reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

My invention consists in a bed-bottom, the slats of which rest on spiralsprings, and are supported by hooks passing through peculiarly-shapedslots in the slats, and hooking over a grooved piece secured to the endboards of the bedste'ad, while cross-pieces, provided with downwardprojections, which, pass through a part of the peculiarly-shaped slotsin the ends of the slats, keep the lat-ter at a proper distance apart.

A may represent the head-board, and

B, the foot-board of a bedstead, to each of which a grooved piece, a, issecured.

Over the ends of these grooved pieces a pass the hook-ends b of theSlat-supporters C, which pass through the ends of t-he slats, and arebelow the latter surrounded by spiral springs c, which, with their upperends, bear against the under side of the slats I), while their lowerends bear against plates d, secured to the straight ends of theSlat-supporters C.'

The ends of the slats D are provided with a larger inner opening, e, andan outer smaller one, f, which are connected by a slot, g.

The inner opening e is sufficiently large to allow the hooks b of theSlat-supporters to pass downward, or the springs c and plates d upward,whilethe outer openingvf is too small to allow either, but enables theend of the slat to move freely up and down, around the supporters, asthe slat is operated by or operates on the spring.

E are cross-pieces, provided on their under sides with projections h, atregular intervals, which, fitting in the inner openings e, keep theslats apart, and prevent their lateral movement.

Having thus descrihedmy invention,

VWhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The grooved pieces a, Slat-supporters C with hooks endsb and plates d,springs c, slats D, provided with openings e, f, and g, and the pieces Ewith downward projections h., all arrranged and operating together,substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 4

RICHARD TATTERSHALL.

Witnesses:

E. S. CHADWICK, C. O. TATTERSHALL.

